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Title

Display figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana

Physical Description

A poised, naturalistic male figure sits on a stool, holding an egg in his right hand, his left hand resting on his left knee. The head is round, almost egg-shaped, with a high, sloping forehead rising from pronounced eyebrows. The eyes are almond-shped, the nost long and slender, the mouth a small straight line. The neck is long and ringed. Its surface is smooth, and carefully finished, golden brown in color, though worn or mottled in places.

Artist Life Dates

1900-1977

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2001/2.33

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:37

Primary Keywords

akan

egg

figures (representations)

males, human

stool

Title

Le repos

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Physical Description

In a large dark interior, and elderly couple standing in the shadows gestures towards a sleeping woman positioned in bright light in the foreground. Her clothing is in disarray, her breasts exposed, and garments used as makeshift drapery to screen her. At the lower left is a still life of an overturned basket with vegetables and eggs cascading onto the floor.

Artist Life Dates

1734-1781

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1771

Accession Number

1993/2.15

Medium and Support

Etching and aquatint with hand-coloring on heavy laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:29:37

Primary Keywords

aquatints

beds (furniture)

clothing

couples

egg

etchings

intaglio printing

sleeping

Title

Sunrise at Susaki Point (New Year's Print)

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

A geisha is shown strolling in the countryside, with her right hand over her forehead--as if looking into the distance--and a basket in her left hand. The backdrop is the rising sun-the give-away that this is a New Year’s print—seen over distant mountains. A poem lies on the left-hand side of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1820

Accession Number

1954/1.472

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 15:58:19

Primary Keywords

basket

bridges (built works)

calligraphy

egg

geisha

kimono

sunrise

trees

woman

Title

Egg-shaped vessel

Artist

Alby Hall

Physical Description

egg-shaped wood vessel on legs, with petal-shaped opening on top

Artist Life Dates

born 1948

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

2002/2.142

Medium and Support

ancient kauri wood, inlay

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:25:00

Primary Keywords

egg-shaped

inlays

vessels

wood (plant material)

Title

The Hen with the Golden Eggs

Artist

Marc Chagall

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 42cm & rh 41 4/5cm x tw 33cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: h 31 1/2cm x w 25 1/2cm. Image size: lh 29 1/2cm & rh 29 2/5cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 23 7/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Russia, 1889-1985

Accession Number

2008/2.415

Medium and Support

etching, engraving and drypoint on beige laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:14:40

Primary Keywords

drypoint (printing process)

egg

etching (printing process)

hens

Title

Early Stage of Proposal for General Mills Commission (Egyptian Beauty)

Artist

Jene Highstein

Physical Description

Heavily worked and reworked pencil drawing on large square of grid paper. Form is an ovoid shape with longitudinal and lateral lines, thinner than it is tall, fit into a rectangular box that represents the block of stone to be carved. At the bottom right of the sketched image, Highstein has noted the dimensions (7’ x 7’ x 2’) x 7. Seven blocks of granite at 2’ x 2’ x 7’ were meant to be stacked and carved into the proposed shape.

Artist Life Dates

(1942 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2008/2.232

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:26

Primary Keywords

biomorphic abstraction

egg

minimal

preliminary sketches

sketches

stone